On Jun 18, 2007, at 7:51 AM, Tony Smith wrote:

> I remember decimetre being taught (but never used), but not decametre 
> or
> hectometre.  Maybe I just forgot.

We learned all the prefixes between milli and kilo (milli, centi, deci,
deca, hecto, kilo); even the non-metric US has rulers marked in cm, and
of course a millilitre and a cubic centimetre are the same.  There seems
to be less of that today.  (I also recall being taught how many quarts 
in
a peck, and how many pecks in a bushel, which my kids aren't learning.)

BillW

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